Today's Headlines: Ebola irony; AEG punts

Hello. I'm Davan Maharaj, the editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines you shouldn't miss today.

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Ebola irony

Scientists believe Ebola is running out of steam. That's good news -- unless you're trying to cure it. "We just don't have sufficient cases," a World Health Organization official said. One problem was delays caused by ethical debates over how to test drugs that were rushed into production (nobody with Ebola wants a placebo). Researchers may have to wait for the next outbreak to see which ones work.

Running right

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has sized up the GOP presidential field and decided the center isn't for him, at least not with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the mix. So he's joining a probable slugfest on the right with harder lines on immigration and abortion. And he's still burnishing his anti-union credentials. An early look at a strategy that seems to go all in on the Iowa caucuses.

'No Mumps Meet Ups'

That's the title of a Facebook group a Bay Area mom set up to arrange play dates for children with vaccinations. It's just one example of measures -- sometimes extreme -- parents have been taking to shield their vaccinated kids from kids who aren't. Worry has increased with the recent measles outbreak. Read how they're responding, what's working and what's not.

AEG punts after all

AEG simply seemed to run out of plays. Despite investing millions and getting the L.A. City Council's OK for an NFL stadium downtown, it couldn't find a team and is bowing out. Plans in Inglewood by the St. Louis Rams owner and in Carson by the Raiders and Chargers now seem the best bets to return the NFL to the L.A. area. Of the cities fighting to keep those teams, Oakland may have the most yards to make up.

Lights, camera, jail sentence

It was the third train -- one more than expected -- that killed Sarah Jones, an assistant camera operator, on the tracks in Georgia last year. The tragedy ended work on the film "Midnight Rider." More important, it's putting Hollywood on notice about film-set safety. On Monday, director Randall Miller pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Read how the industry is reacting.

A made-for-L.A. mystery: A crime writer and daughter of a Vegas mafia boss, Susan Berman, is found fatally shot in her Benedict Canyon home in 2000. Robert Durst, scion of a real estate fortune, pops up on the radar, but the the case goes cold. Now Durst is featured in an HBO documentary miniseries, and authorities are said to be taking a new look. Here's a rundown of where things stand.